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enough about taylor swift already. reblog and tag the smallest, least known artist you listen to

#I mean there's some local opera singers I adore but only see in concerts #other than that there's Psyche Chimere (she goes by Psyche Corporation these days) #than there's the composer Paul Shapera who's a lot more well known but still way too obscure for how good he is

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I feel lied to. This is where the bugs bunny NO meme cokes from

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Sally von Humpeding from Discworld series.

#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #sally! #she looks so good!

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no multi option, agonize and choose, no results option, pick one to find out or scroll onward

#endless tea #I want a mug of endless peppermint tea...

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Honestly, whoever thinks quips can't be done with soul never read any type of Fantasy (and classical literature, to be honest, but I won't get into this right now).

So many authors write those protagonists that are absolutely powered by quips, but on their own style, and it makes the books a delight. Ironically, since I'm rebloging this from her, Seanan McGuire has the ultimate shit-stirrer Toby Daye, who sounds very different from her love interest (even if he's equally as incapable of saying all that many serious sentences in a row), or from her sidekick (a rich teenager who grows so much during the series it's unreal), and from the tons of side characters (there are so many). It's beautiful. You laugh, you cry, and the quips don't make it less sincere, they make it more.

Gail Carriger? Steampunk quip machine. Alexa Tarabotti is a (semi) proper English spinster with the sharpest tongue you can find, and even if hardly anyone can match her (apart from vampire dandy Lord Akeldama, of course), people will surely try. Everyone sounds unique. There's verbal fencing through the roof. It's glorious.

Going older, now, and more well known. Can anyone imagine a Terry Pratchett novel without quips? It would be so boring! Even at his most serious and heartfelt: Monstrous Regiment is packed with jokes. So are Night Watch, Thud!, Snuff. No one has ever accused him of being one-note, his characters of falling flat. He's considered a genius.

And why should it be easier for book writers to do it? The media is different, but the challenges are the same. With more visual formats, you have shorthand, easier ways to differentiate people quickly, and so on. Hell, comic books do it all the time, with great success. It's not easier in print. People just seem to care more.

I need people to stop blaming the death of movies on “quips”. A quip is just a funny line of dialogue. That’s all. Like I just saw a post talking about quips and the death of movies and brought up Pirates of the Caribbean as an example of a better movie and yes it is but also that movie is FULL OF QUIPS. I just rewatched The Princess Bride. It’s all quips. Every single line. And it’s a masterpiece.

Movies suck when people don’t care about the art they’re making. That includes them not caring about their quips. Which is why a lot of comic relief dialogue ALSO sucks now. But the problem isn’t that funny dialogue exists.

#gnu terry pratchett #seanan mcguire #gail carriger #writing #the princess bride

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Ok, Angua could be a Path of the Beast Barbarian, but I don't think this is really her vibe. I understand DnD and Discworld a lot more than Dimension20, so I don't know if they accept this class, since it's not official, but created by Matthew Mercer (the Critical Role guy). Most people I know accept it, but... But Order of the Lycan Bloodhunter would be 100% perfect for her. Tracking, good at combat, and shape-shifting. It's technically to a hybrid form, but the specific shape is mostly flavour.

But I don't think Druid really fits her vibe... Angua is very much a martial class kind of girl. So, I'd say Bloodhunter, with a side of Barbarian if the GM doesn't accept it.

gonna throw some stuff I'm working on into the ether -- THE DIMENSION 20 INTREPID HEROES PLAY THROUGH THE PLOT OF THE TERRY PRATCHETT DISCWORLD NOVEL 'FEET OF CLAY'* (no spoilers version)

Brennan: Siobhan, please introduce your character.

Siobhan: I am a ripped to shit, buff as hell, six-foot-six human who was raised as a dwarf. I’m the nicest boy you’ve ever met and everyone loves me.

Emily: I’m the personification of a German shepherd as a human woman. Except blonde, like an Irish wolfhound, wink wink.

Zac: I’m just a nasty little guy. A high-level rogue with charisma as a dump stat. People are actively repulsed by me. Lou: I’m a paladin who doesn’t want to be a paladin. I keep trying to quit, but they keep dragging me back in!

Siobhan: You were one week away from retirement!

Lou: I was one day away from retirement! [Beardsley's character is a dwarf who's pushing gender boundaries. Murph's character is literally dumb as a rock.]

[But wait, people who know both canons say, isn't *Brennan's* somewhat-controlled anticapitalist rage the fit for Vimes? To which I say: I envision Lou having a ball here, and we need Brennan to play Every NPC. Brennan's Vetinari. Brennan's Scheming Guild Weirdos. Brennan's Tiny Scottish Pixie Who Built Himself An Airship, aka Wee Mad Arthur. Brennan as Lou's character's wife.)

Lou: Brennan, how thicc is my wife?

Brennan: To say your wife has a bangin’ booty would be an understatement.

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I hate how very specifically British colonialism overshadows all other imperialism.

Nobody talks about the Ottoman empire, the various shenanigans the Indian and Chinese rulers were up to, the Russian Empire (Russia is still a colonial Empire, btw) hell, even the shit Spain or Portugal did are swept under the rug. Nobody remembers French colonies in Africa or how much of a menace the Dutch used to be.

No, it's all Britain, all the time, baby. The only colonial Empire to ever exist, I guess.

#I had to teach a friend about the Portuguese empire a couple weeks ago #I'm from Brazil and he's from Australia but for some reason he finds my country's history strange #because we had kings and emperors and such #but like... my dude we were colonized by a huge european power just like you! the Portuguese were just as shitty! #and our history is very convoluted with and without them around (things continued weird after independency) #but to ignore the Portuguese is madness to me. they were one of the biggest powers in the Modern Age! #hell Portugal and Spain literally had a treaty dividing the world in two for them to conquer signed by the pope #because for a long time they were the two who did it #they were being awful way before the British set sail

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A strange alien doctor stands near the unconscious body of Padme Amidala. “It appears she has lost the will to live.” A older man with a limp hobbles closer with the aid of a cane. “That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,” says Dr. Gregory House.

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“It wasnt the real mona lisa bc the real mona lisa was painted on wood and thats clearly canvass” versus “It was the real Mona Lisa, just suspend your disbelief for a second” — fam. Both options are good. Both options are great.

Either it was the real mona lisa, in which case, Miles Bron is a murdering idea-stealing phony who will be forever known as the guy who destroyed THEE mona lisa, and there is absolutely no coming back from that —-

OR, it was a fake, bc the museum was like “lmfao this joker thinks we’d loan him the ACTUAL mona lisa? Ahahahahaha” in which case, there’s all the initial press coverage of the explosion and the shitty fuel and the murders and then the revelation that THEE MONA LISA was destroyed on Miles Bron’s watch, and all of that plays out across the media, and THEN!!! the Lourve gets to step forward saying “dont worrry guys. We never gave him the real painting. We didn’t trust him with it. We gave him a fake and he never noticed,” which the media would have a FIELD DAY with, because it’s like the resurrection of Jesus only with a painting, instead of a person, and also, the whole thing is funny as FUCK, bc they gave him a fake and he didnt notice, and also-also, clearly the Lourve was ahead of the curve when it came to recognising Miles’ stupidity, and it’ll stay in the media for WEEKS, that Miles was conned by the lourve and clearly they were right to trick him because LOOK WHAT HAPPENED to the fake Mona lisa, PLUS of course all the rest of the stuff like the 2 murders and the hydrogen fuel and the idea theft and etc.

Like?? There’s no losing here. Both options are great. If it was real, then he’ll never live it down, and if it was fake, he’ll never live it down. Either way: fantastic

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I got the wonderful opportunity to see Labyrinth on the big screen last week (thank you Fathom Events) and I think this time around really helped me nail down one of the things that makes this movie so special to me: the ending message.

A story with a somewhat childish sixteen-year-old girl who immerses herself in magic and fantasy worlds who goes through a journey and a transformation and comes out the other side more mature could very easily have ended with the message of "Now that the adventure in the fantasy world is over, our heroine has grown and matured enough to leave magic and fantasy behind and become an Adult."

But Labyrinth doesn't do that.

Labyrinth says: "You might grow up a little. You might put away your costumes and your music box and your crown. You might give your teddy bear to your little brother. But that doesn't mean you have to leave it all behind. Every so often in your life, for no reason at all, you might need a little magic back in your life. And your friends in the fantasy world will always be there for you."

"Should you need them."

#labyrinth #this movie is a delight #I miss it so much #my dnd group references it way too often (one of the characters became the goblin queen. she's not a goblin) #fine I reference it and they go along with it #still #amazing movie

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TTRPG plot hook.

The Prophecy (you know the one, everyone knows it, it's a bedtime story passed down the generations) is coming to pass; the Cataclysm is rising, and the Signs have illuminated the Chosen One.

Your party is assembled to accompany this Chosen One on their prophesied quest to save the world, where it is foretold they will stand between all life and the abyss, where you will be their honour guard, clearing their way and recording the tales of their exploits to come, new verses added to the great saga which has echoed through ages before their birth.

Problem is, one day out of town, barely out of earshot of civilisation, they slip down a river embankment and fucking drown. You're 110% sure that wasn't in the story but it is now.

Good luck.

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in mesopotamia there were no 'cover letters' or 'curriculum vitaes'. there were just, pots.

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(via FlimsyFlamingo on Twitter)

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#I mean it's fandom you don't have to take everything so serious #if we're mutuals it's because I like nost of their stuff #they don't owe me anything #why would I block/ unfollow someone because of a single take? #and asking them about it? holly crap why? they're entitled to have opinions #I'd hate for the opposite to happen #I posted something about a fandom and someone came seeking explanation as to WHYYYY #like... no #either unfollow or accept that people can't always agree with you

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did you date in high school?

#kinda #I went on dates #I kissed my fair share of people #but my first serious relationship was in college